Post Traumatic
On his debut solo album, the Linkin Park rapper and producer mourns the death of his bandmate Chester Bennington but never translates that grief into candid lyrics or inspired songwriting.
Also this week: Mike Shinoda’s new solo album, Chromeo’s ‘Head Over Heels’, and a debut from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Following the sudden loss of his friend and Linkin Park co-vocalist Chester Bennington in July 2017, Mike Shinoda turned to music to process his grief.
Shinoda’s album is about the life and death of his Linkin Park bandmate. It’s touching, if flawed
Post Traumatic helps Shinoda to both differentiate himself from Linkin Park and move toward something fresh and still very appealing.